https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1506667215554326534
LOL Breyer
The number one characteristic to be an elected republican is to be very stupid. This is all just a huge show for them to prove to their constituents that they are the dumbest people alive and thus garner votes.
Its ok to just pretend to be stupid, but I think alot of them become genuinely stupider over time. If you always acting one way you will train yourself to instinctively actually be that way.
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And some notables had a head start!
Iām getting some hope (this is Desantisā abhorrent comms person)
https://twitter.com/christinapushaw/status/1506686575459147779?s=21
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Oh Iām praying alright but I wouldnāt say itās for him, per se.
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Do I even want to see how Democrats will fuck up a Thomas vacancy?
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They wonāt have a chance. Itās three years to an election. The people should be allowed to have their voices heard before a seat is filled!
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https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1506665085955190787?s=20&t=0zNYdPjOJFWq8Rvzoloqng
https://twitter.com/wilddogranch/status/1506623232211828747?s=20&t=0zNYdPjOJFWq8Rvzoloqng
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Conspiracy-theorist me: Thomas is already gone and theyāre hiding it until Jacksonās hearing is over. OR Heās hiding and working out a deal to retire in exchange for his wife not getting charged.
Realist me: Heās still in the hospital but they donāt want to overshadow Jacksonās hearing.
WAAF me: Thomas gets the best treatment, comes out alive and healthy as a horse, and lives for 20 more years.
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Heās only 73? Jesus he looks 80 minimum
I mean heās either in the hospital and itās bad, heās home and heās fine, or heās dead, right?
If heās in the hospital, giving that update wouldnāt overshadow the hearings. And it would be less strange and attention-grabbing than refusing to update.
If heās home recovering, theyād obviously update that barring extenuating circumstances.
Soā¦ it feels like thereās a chance?
This would be a tectonic shift in the next 20 years of American politics if he died. Like suddenly Roberts would be back to being the swing vote and sanity would prevail on a lot of these absurd cases, and maybe just maybe the election-related cases would only be absurd āfuck you lolā rulings like half the time instead of 90%.
Plus only needing to bink one seat instead of two to flip the court back is a massive EV boost.
Also if the Garland DOJ and Biden administration had the stones to pull a move like this, holy shit. I mean they donāt, butā¦ If they did Iād have to completely re-evaluate.
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If Thomas is out of commission it screws up their plan to drop a bunch of crazy rulings this summer.